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Washington is funding autonomy on rails before trucks get there
The $16M grant is for autonomous railcar tech on one Missouri short line. That's small, specific and deployable, which is where automation tends to work first: fixed track, known routes, low-speed ops, no four-wheeler surprises. The summary doesn't say how much the grant covers or… — sources — Story: www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-railcar-… Related: [1] www.truckingdive.com/news/kodiak-charger-laun… [2] www.truckingdive.com/news/200m-in-federal-fun… [3] www.freightwaves.com/news/vertical-aerospace-…